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1 Thus ended our little Sabbath school in the pious town of St. Michael's.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER IX
2 Every moment they spent in that school, they were liable to be taken up, and given thirty-nine lashes.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER X
3 They very soon mustered up some old spelling-books, and nothing would do but that I must keep a Sabbath school.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER X
4 By this time, my little Master Thomas had gone to school, and learned how to write, and had written over a number of copy-books.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII
5 And I have the happiness to know, that several of those who came to Sabbath school learned how to read; and that one, at least, is now free through my agency.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER X
6 I kept up my school nearly the whole year I lived with Mr. Freeland; and, beside my Sabbath school, I devoted three evenings in the week, during the winter, to teaching the slaves at home.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER X
7 While I lived with my master in St. Michael's, there was a white young man, a Mr. Wilson, who proposed to keep a Sabbath school for the instruction of such slaves as might be disposed to learn to read the New Testament.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER IX
8 I held my Sabbath school at the house of a free colored man, whose name I deem it imprudent to mention; for should it be known, it might embarrass him greatly, though the crime of holding the school was committed ten years ago.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER X
9 This was my school for eight months; and I might have remained there longer, but for a most horrid fight I had with four of the white apprentices, in which my left eye was nearly knocked out, and I was horribly mangled in other respects.
The Narrative of the LifeBy Frederick Douglass ContextHighlight In CHAPTER X